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NCT01602380 · OUTCOME

Comparison of Progression-Free Survival (PFS) in Patients Treated With Fulvestrant With Those Treated With Anastrozole

A Global Study to Compare the Effects of Fulvestrant and Arimidex in a Subset of Patients With Breast Cancer. · Source last updated 2026-02-27

Results reported by the registry submitting party. Population, time horizon, units and missing values must be read together.

Measure
MEDIAN
Unit
Months
Interval / dispersion
95% Confidence Interval
Time frame
Baseline RECIST 1.1 assessments (Day 0) and then every 12 weeks until the earliest of disease progression evident, patient dies or has surgery/radiotherapy for their disease (up to approximately 38 months)

What was measured

PFS was defined as the time from randomisation until objective disease progression according to Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumours version 1.1 (RECIST 1.1), surgery or radiotherapy to manage worsening of disease or death by any cause (in the absence of progression). Outcome measure is reported as median time from randomisation to PFS, calculated using the Kaplan-Meier technique.

Analysis population: The ITT analysis set included all randomised patients.

Groups in this outcome

Fulvestrant 500 mg

Patients received fulvestrant (Faslodex™) 500 mg, administered as two 5 mL intramuscular injections, 1 in each buttock, at each visit on Days 0, 14 (±3), 28 (±3) and every 28 (±3) days thereafter. In order to support the double-blind, double-dummy design of the trial, each patient randomised to receive fulvestrant, also received placebo to match the anastrozole schedule (tablets, once daily).

Anastrozole 1 mg

Patients received anastrozole (Arimidex™), administered orally as a single tablet at a dose of 1 mg/day from randomisation on Day 0 and once daily thereafter. In order to support the double-blind, double-dummy design of the trial, each patient randomised to receive anastrozole also received placebo to match the fulvestrant schedule (injections on Days 0, 14 \[±3\], 28 \[±3\] and every 28 \[±3\] days thereafter).

Group identifiers and denominators belong to this outcome only. They may differ in another outcome or in safety reporting.

Analysis denominator · Participants

GroupSource count
Fulvestrant 500 mg230
Anastrozole 1 mg232

Reported measurements

Source class 1
Values in Months · Interval/dispersion: 95% Confidence Interval
GroupValueSpreadLowerUpperComment
Fulvestrant 500 mg16.6Not reported13.8320.99Not reported
Anastrozole 1 mg13.8Not reported11.9916.59Not reported

Source statistical analyses

Group order, estimate direction, methods and comments are retained. No treatment ranking is inferred.

  1. ci Lower Limit
    0.637
    ci Num Sides
    TWO_SIDED
    ci Pct Value
    95
    ci Upper Limit
    0.999
    estimate Comment
    A hazard ratio \< 1 favours fulvestrant.
    group Description
    If the true PFS HR for comparison of fulvestrant vs. anastrozole was 0.69 (likely to correspond to a 45% prolongation of PFS) the study had 90% power to demonstrate a statistically significant difference for PFS with a one-sided type 1 error of 2.5% (two-sided 5%).
    group Ids
    1. OG000
    2. OG001
    non Inferiority Type
    SUPERIORITY_OR_OTHER_LEGACY
    p Value
    0.0486
    p Value Comment
    2-sided p-value
    param Type
    Hazard Ratio (HR)
    param Value
    0.797
    statistical Comment
    Stratified log-rank test with factors for prior chemotherapy for locally advanced or metastatic disease and measurable disease at baseline.
    statistical Method
    Log Rank
Complete source fields
analyses
  1. ci Lower Limit
    0.637
    ci Num Sides
    TWO_SIDED
    ci Pct Value
    95
    ci Upper Limit
    0.999
    estimate Comment
    A hazard ratio \< 1 favours fulvestrant.
    group Description
    If the true PFS HR for comparison of fulvestrant vs. anastrozole was 0.69 (likely to correspond to a 45% prolongation of PFS) the study had 90% power to demonstrate a statistically significant difference for PFS with a one-sided type 1 error of 2.5% (two-sided 5%).
    group Ids
    1. OG000
    2. OG001
    non Inferiority Type
    SUPERIORITY_OR_OTHER_LEGACY
    p Value
    0.0486
    p Value Comment
    2-sided p-value
    param Type
    Hazard Ratio (HR)
    param Value
    0.797
    statistical Comment
    Stratified log-rank test with factors for prior chemotherapy for locally advanced or metastatic disease and measurable disease at baseline.
    statistical Method
    Log Rank
classes
  1. categories
    1. measurements
      1. group Id
        OG000
        lower Limit
        13.83
        upper Limit
        20.99
        value
        16.6
      2. group Id
        OG001
        lower Limit
        11.99
        upper Limit
        16.59
        value
        13.8
denoms
  1. counts
    1. group Id
      OG000
      value
      230
    2. group Id
      OG001
      value
      232
    units
    Participants
description
PFS was defined as the time from randomisation until objective disease progression according to Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumours version 1.1 (RECIST 1.1), surgery or radiotherapy to manage worsening of disease or death by any cause (in the absence of progression). Outcome measure is reported as median time from randomisation to PFS, calculated using the Kaplan-Meier technique.
dispersion Type
95% Confidence Interval
groups
  1. description
    Patients received fulvestrant (Faslodex™) 500 mg, administered as two 5 mL intramuscular injections, 1 in each buttock, at each visit on Days 0, 14 (±3), 28 (±3) and every 28 (±3) days thereafter. In order to support the double-blind, double-dummy design of the trial, each patient randomised to receive fulvestrant, also received placebo to match the anastrozole schedule (tablets, once daily).
    id
    OG000
    title
    Fulvestrant 500 mg
  2. description
    Patients received anastrozole (Arimidex™), administered orally as a single tablet at a dose of 1 mg/day from randomisation on Day 0 and once daily thereafter. In order to support the double-blind, double-dummy design of the trial, each patient randomised to receive anastrozole also received placebo to match the fulvestrant schedule (injections on Days 0, 14 \[±3\], 28 \[±3\] and every 28 \[±3\] days thereafter).
    id
    OG001
    title
    Anastrozole 1 mg
param Type
MEDIAN
population Description
The ITT analysis set included all randomised patients.
reporting Status
POSTED
time Frame
Baseline RECIST 1.1 assessments (Day 0) and then every 12 weeks until the earliest of disease progression evident, patient dies or has surgery/radiotherapy for their disease (up to approximately 38 months)
title
Comparison of Progression-Free Survival (PFS) in Patients Treated With Fulvestrant With Those Treated With Anastrozole
type
PRIMARY
unit Of Measure
Months

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